Parisa Mehran

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ARientation (Orientation via Augmented Reality) is the name of a project created and managed by Eric Hawkinson which is meant to make Augmented Reality (AR) accessible to teachers, event organizers, and anyone looking to integrate digital content into real world activities. Fukuchiyama AR Rally is part of ARientation aiming at orienting freshmen at the University of Fukuchiyama to living in the city and adjusting to college life. A series of augmented and virtual reality activities is designed, and the participants visit different locations around the city, such as Fukuchiyama Flood Control Museum, Citizen Plaza, and Fukuchiyama Disaster Prevention Center, to get oriented to the new context and learn English in informal learning environments.

Eric, Mehrasa, and I created an AR-based Vocab Quiz for the Fukuchiyama Castle location. A game-based approach was adopted by using AR cards. Opportunities for the incidental learning of vocabulary were provided.

The scenario of Fukuchiyama AR Rally 2017 Vocab Quiz is as follows:

Based on an English text about the Fukuchiyama Castle, we selected 10 words falling in B2-C1 levels of the CEFR, and designed a pre and a post vocab quiz.

AR technology (Blippar) was used to create AR-loaded cards to explain the game, expose the students to the information about the Fukuchiyama Castle in English, and provide the definition and pronunciation of the targeted words.

A game was designed by adding some secret codes to the AR cards, which the students would later need to unlock a box. There were mission accomplished signs in the box.

Some photos were taken from the castle to design the game, and the AR cards were placed there one day before the Rally.

In the entrance of the castle, an AR card played the mission briefing.

The students got into the castle, and started exploring the castle to find the 10 AR vocab cards which contained the definition and pronunciation of the words and the secret codes needed to open the box, as said earlier.

Sample AR Vocab Card:

The students took the post-quiz.

The students were shown the last card with the lock cipher to accomplish the mission.

After completing the mission, the students took a group photo.

Fukuchiyama AR Rally 2017 Vocab Quiz was held in four rounds with four groups of ten students each.